The northwest Iowa towns of Newell and Fonda are outliers at a time participation in girls basketball is in steep decline.

The number of girls high school basketball players in the United States has dropped at least 21% since 2000 based on National Federation of State High School Associations’ annual participation surveys.

President Donald Trump is making a big pitch in Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown.

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon.

Novelist Megha Majumdar has won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for her book “A Guardian and a Thief.”.

Caitlin Clark is joining NBC's pregame coverage for “Sunday Night Basketball.”.

President Donald Trump is heading to Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of the midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump is heading to Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of the midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump is heading to Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of the midterm elections despite fallout over the administration's immigration crackdown.

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Former Iowa superintendent pleads guilty to falsely claiming to be a US citizen and illegally possessing firearms.

The former Des Moines superintendent has plead guilty in federal court to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally possessing firearms.

The former Des Moines superintendent is expected to plead guilty in federal court.

Former Des Moines superintendent Ian Roberts is set to appear before a federal judge and is expected to plead guilty to charges of falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally possessing firearms.

Former Des Moines superintendent Ian Roberts is set to appear before a federal judge on charges of falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally possessing firearms.

The Trump administration says China has fulfilled its initial commitment to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans, but it’s not clear if the trade agreement announced in October can withstand President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting trade policy as American farmers are still dealing with high production costs.

The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 3 Evening" game were: 6, 7, 8.

The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 4 Evening" game were: 0, 3, 4, 5.

The winning numbers in Monday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 3 Evening" game were: 0, 5, 7.

The winning numbers in Monday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 4 Evening" game were: 1, 4, 6, 7.

The winning numbers in Sunday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 4 Evening" game were: 3, 6, 8, 8.

The winning numbers in Sunday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 3 Evening" game were: 6, 6, 7.

The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 4 Evening" game were: 1, 5, 7, 9.

The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 3 Evening" game were: 3, 5, 8.

The winning numbers in Friday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 3 Evening" game were: 2, 8, 8.

The winning numbers in Friday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 4 Evening" game were: 0, 0, 2, 6.

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 4 Evening" game were: 0, 0, 1, 8.

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 3 Evening" game were: 1, 3, 7.

The winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 3 Evening" game were: 4, 6, 6.

The winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing of the "Iowa Pick 4 Evening" game were: 1, 4, 6, 9.